Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 595 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Green Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Green
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, rose, frog? (a) Runs Ink Funny (b) Ink Runs Funny (c) Funny Runs Ink (d) Runs Funny Ink
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy (c) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, ladder, van? (a) Lions Vans Seven (b) Vans Lions Seven (c) Lions Seven Vans (d) Seven Lions Vans
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, duck, jalebi, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJDO (b) ODJT (c) DJTO (d) DOJT
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 827918554. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 827 918 5544 (b) 827 918 554 (c) 827 918 55 (d) 827 915 854
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wet (b) Nani Eight Silly Wet (c) Eight Silly Wet Nani (d) Wet Silly Eight Nani
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 939031821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 939 031 821 (b) 939 031 812 (c) 990 318 21 (d) 939 033 1821
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 875002079. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 875 002 079 (b) 875 000 2079 (c) 850 020 79 (d) 875 002 709
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3074613112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 413 112 (b) 307 461 3112 (c) 307 446 13112 (d) 307 463 1112
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, pencil, jalebi? (a) Jolly Pink Frogs (b) Pink Frogs Jolly (c) Pink Jolly Frogs (d) Frogs Pink Jolly
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 9600012289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 000 12289 (b) 906 001 2289 (c) 960 012 289 (d) 960 001 2289
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, violin, anchor, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGAI (b) VAIG (c) IAVG (d) GVAI
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, lemon, umpire? (a) Goats Love Uncle (b) Love Goats Uncle (c) Love Uncle Goats (d) Uncle Love Goats
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, frog, tomato? (a) Funny Runs Tea (b) Runs Funny Tea (c) Tea Funny Runs (d) Funny Tea Runs
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, mirror, urn, doll, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUDVP (b) PMUDV (c) MPUDV (d) VDUMP
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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